Recent content by sig_230

As folks have said, the Beretta 81 is a great choice and safe to carry. But I will also admit that I carry my 70 New Puma Cocked & Locked far more often than the 81.

Not sure when it was given to me since it never really got carried or used. Could well have been 1999 or 2000. I also found another S&W knife along with a cap I had no idea I had. This one says "FIRST RESPONDER" and M&P Special Edition. The box has an id of 1095883 and inside the end piece is...

Welcome home. Pull up a stump and set a spell.

That makes sense. It was given to me in the 1990s.

Welcome home.

Welcome home.

And closer to the 220 than the 229.

So this is one of the novelty knives I've accumulated over the decades and I always wondered it it really was a S&W product. Obverse: Reverse:

Putting the sucker back together hints. Insert an empty mag. Rack the slide. Insert the retainer by starting above the spring and pushing the shaft down and in. Relax and start slowly turning the crank clockwise with slight inward pressure. You will feel it snap in place though it might...

I guess I got one of the Custom Easy Reassembly models because mine is actually really easy to field strip and reassemble. I always rack it a couple times before putting the retention catch back in and that positions the barrel. Then simply slowly rotate the latch deosil until you feel it snap...

You bring up, indirectly, a subject that is far more important than whether or not a 380 can be reliable but also a subject that simply does not get discussed often enough. Carrying any handgun imposes a level of responsibility on the carrier which at a minimum should be the responsibility to...

Maybe. And maybe a backup for the backup.

I have long considered the small pocket revolvers as my best option as a civilian for personal protection and so have found the transition to the latest generation of small DAO pocket pistols natural and smooth. My experience with the new ones I will admit is somewhat limited, a few years...

Wish I could add a half dozen likes. A laser on a handgun is nothing but a marketing gimmick, especially on a self defense up close and personal handgun like the 380 EZ. Looks NEAT, works in the movies, pretty much pointless and useless in reality.

Actually today I was shooting two little guns, the BG and a Smith Centennial Lemon Squeezer. Love the Lemon Squeezer but compared to the trigger on it the BG is a dream.